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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8000755" data-attributes="member: 59082">But the problem is the notion of “everyone.” There is no pleasing everyone — no rules system, edition, splat, story arc, or setting. I don’t poo-poo anecdotal evidence, but it has to be viewed as broadly as possible, and with the backing of polling.WotC’s focus is producing books that will sell, while maintaining the integrity of the game and its traditions. Part of this is keeping alive legacy settings to various degrees, from stray homage mentions to full treatments. There’s a lot of gray area in-between, but somewhere is a line where an old (or new) setting or idea merits publication. Given the data, anecdotes, and a subjective assessment of viability of today’s context, I think both Dark Sun and Planescape are safely across that line.Planescape is more obvious. I mean, we’re going to see planar treatment eventually, right? Why not—at the very least—include a chapter or section on Sigil? If people like it, they can do more. If not, well, it is just a chapter or two in one book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 8000755, member: 59082"] But the problem is the notion of “everyone.” There is no pleasing everyone — no rules system, edition, splat, story arc, or setting. I don’t poo-poo anecdotal evidence, but it has to be viewed as broadly as possible, and with the backing of polling. WotC’s focus is producing books that will sell, while maintaining the integrity of the game and its traditions. Part of this is keeping alive legacy settings to various degrees, from stray homage mentions to full treatments. There’s a lot of gray area in-between, but somewhere is a line where an old (or new) setting or idea merits publication. Given the data, anecdotes, and a subjective assessment of viability of today’s context, I think both Dark Sun and Planescape are safely across that line. Planescape is more obvious. I mean, we’re going to see planar treatment eventually, right? Why not—at the very least—include a chapter or section on Sigil? If people like it, they can do more. If not, well, it is just a chapter or two in one book. [/QUOTE]

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